Erin Rae: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- Watch Erin Rae play "Bad Mind", "Can't Cut Loose" and "Love Like Before" at the Tiny Desk.
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Lars Gotrich | July 12, 2019 -- Every time I've seen Erin Rae live, she transforms her quiet storms into different hues of squalling introspection. Her performance at the Tiny Desk opens with a soft tide of ambient tones - both a way to ease into the song but also understand that life's unease is ever-present. Then a lilting acoustic melody introduces "Bad Mind," a stunning statement of identity from a Nashville singer-songwriter who shares the secrets we keep close.
Erin Rae writes songs about letting go of lovers and thoughts that weigh you down, embracing contentment and recognizing the small moments that add up to the grand scheme. But more importantly her songs make you just sit in your thoughts for a tick longer. Putting On Airs, the album Erin Rae released last year, wraps these subtle shifts of folkloric psychedelia in deeply personal songwriting that hits hard two, three listens in.
She's joined here by Jerry Bernhardt, a treasured collaborator and a guitarist who knows how to play decorative but unobtrusive figures. He and drummer Dom Billet both appear on Putting On Airs, taking those arrangements and stretching them out at the Tiny Desk with Mellotron/Rhodes piano player Ben Tanner and bassist Joe Garner. Inventive in these altered live versions, this Tiny Desk closes with "the summer jam," as Erin Rae jokingly calls "Love Like Before," offering another opportunity to reflect as you bop: "Been looking for something I can't track down / Love that I knew before."
SET LIST
"Bad Mind"
"Can't Cut Loose"
"Love Like Before"
MUSICIANS
Erin Rae: vocals, guitar; Ben Tanner: Fender Rhodes, Mellotron; Joe Garner: bass; Dom Billett: drums; Jerry Bernhardt: guitar
CREDITS
Producers: Lars Gotrich, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineers: Patrick Boyd, Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, CJ Riculan, Kara Frame, Jeremiah Rhodes; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Production Assistant: Paul Georgoulis; Photo: Olivia Falcigno/NPR
Hey Tiny Desk! Have you all considered doing some sort of contest where someone could win a chance to be in the "tiny audience"? I'm pretty sure that would be just about the coolest thing ever.
Another gem I’d never have heard of if it wasn’t for Tiny Desk.
One of the purest voices I've ever heard live--she opened for Michael Nau in Seattle at the Sunset Tavern--after her set, nothing against Nau, but we just decdied to leave after a few of his songs. She is right up there in my books, and her songwriting is very personal and so, quite powerful and the music at times is haunting and dreamlike. Keep goin' Erin.
Listen to this with my daughter - if it's one of the things she remembers me for, I'll be happy
I still watch this video often. Erin your voice is ethereal, and we're lucky to hear it. <3
First time I saw miss Erin Rae was at barnstormers codfish hollow Maquoketa Iowa. I was down in the green room having one of those lonely feelings even though I was surrounded by my very best friends. Heard her voice and went running to the barn doors. I cried in awe and truth. She is one of the pure ones.
The song "Love Like Before" was on repeat in my car filled with suitcases and boxes of my junk, while driving across country after a breakup. I ended up finding my own "place on the eastside" in my hometown, and I felt grounded in the moment and in where I happened to be living, for the first time in years. Thanks npr, Erin, and the band : )
Erin. You are a sage. Thank you
It’s 2 AM and the first song get me in my feelings 😭🤭😩
The musicianship in this group is absolutely stunning. Amazing players, awesome band.
Wow, what a voice she has! And the whole band comes together without overwhelming anything. 👍👏 👏👏
It's 4:16am here. I'm tired, have work tomorrow, and my body hurts. But here I am crying all night listening to new bands to just move my mind on by. Dont know if they're the band for me, but they are very objectively good and I appreciate that. Very calming, maybe that's what I need.
This doesn't even feel like a live performance. Perfect.
I'm so glad I've subbed to NPR music. Tiny desk performances have allowed me to find such amazing music. For this I thank you!
Man I love when she closes her eyes and smiles ,u can see how sincere and real her words are
Glad to find this gem. She has a beautiful vibe.
classic American small town tale.. The perfect way to reminisce of simpler days..
I keep coming back for Bad Mind. So many aspects of this song to admire. Kudos
This is excellent. i have Erin’s record. Her music is so pretty. She’s one of the best singer/songwriters in Nashville.
I have probably watched this twenty times. Just magnificent.